Spoilt by mumbling

Rating: 4/10 (5 August 2013)

I was looking forward to this, as I don't bother to see many films at the cinema nowadays, but I made a rare effort to see this, particularly as I like Idris Elbra. Now, I don't think I'm going deaf, but when whole conversations are mumbled or unintelligible, or in the case of the two bickering scientist clichés spoken at scatter gun speed then something has gone seriously wrong. I've noticed before that this is gradually creeping into films and television nowadays, but never before have I watched something and been so frustrated as I was when watching Pacific Rim. Whilst the plot on a effects blockbuster is hardly important, or difficult to follow, and call me old fashioned if you like, but I do actually like to be able to make out spoken dialogue. Is it really that difficult nowadays or is nobody bothered about it?